Friday, December 11th, 2009
MooTools Gets a Plugin Repo, Makes Finding the Right Code Easier
Category: MooTools
For people trying to find plugins, we wanted a simple interface with visual focus on what’s available. Going through lists of plugins whose names are not always that intuitive or descriptive is both boring and inefficient. You might find yourself opening dozens of tabs just to see what the plugin can potentially offer. We want to try and put all the information you need to make a choice right in one place.
Focus has been given to making it easy see a demo, download plugins, and understanding how plugins actually work along with integration with GitHub to allow developers to easily manage their code.
Check out the video below for an overview of the MooTools Forge:
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I’ve been SO waiting for this! A widget/plug-in library “gathering point” was something that the Mootools community was missing – but no more! It will be awhile before the catalog of projects fills out a bit more but that’s to be expected. VERY NICE JOB!
Awesome job Guillermo, you rocked the sh*t out of it!
For those who thought/judged libraries as “not having plug-ins” because they lacked a repo on their sites: That is most likely just a factor of script-kitty laziness. Psst! Here is a little known secret: All JS libs have an amazing plug-in search tool called “Google” – that’s with a G mind you. With this amazing “Google”, plug-ins can be found by entering simple strings, such as “lightbox” or “autocompleter”, into an input, then as if by some arcane and unseen force, relevant results seem to appear instantly…
That said, the forge is a great accomplishment and makes the experience of finding plug-ins that much easier.
It’s been a long time coming!
The Forge’s auto assessed dependency packaging IS, in fact, sexy as hell.
Hopefully from now on the Mootools guys can keep us abreast of updates to such awesomeness. But, that’s understandable when you seek perfection :) (Check their git repository. Some commits are for simple whitespace adjustments)
Great job guys, and can’t wait to add some plugins!
Looks great
look great
mootools rock…..